JASPER,
Alabama -- A Jasper police lieutenant was injured after being hit by a car driven
by a suspect in a domestic violence case Monday afternoon.

Officers
were sent to a report of domestic violence and a person with a weapon at an
apartment complex near Alabama 69 and Alabama 269 and Jasper Monday afternoon, according
to a news release from Police Chief Connie Rowe.

A man on the
scene avoided officers' questions and tried to leave, hitting the police
lieutenant and a police vehicle. Shots were fired but nobody was hurt,
according to the release.

The injured
officer was treated at Walker Baptist Medical Center and released.